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University classes are too expensive, slow, and boring; and they rarely cover actionable information (especially in the areas of exercise and nutrition). Strength & conditioning, health, exercise, nutrition, supplements, exercise programming, and human movement are rarely actually covered or require YEARS of "prerequisites".

The days of hoarding knowledge are OVER. Information that literally changes how you feel on a daily basis, or adds years to life, SHOULD NOT COST 2 months rent, and should be available WHEN & HOW you want it. As a tenured Professor myself, I feel obligated to help because

We MUST do better.

-My Mission-

Enhance the human condition by providing the world with FREE & entertaining health, human performance, and nutrition education.

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Brains and brawn!
@cspfullerton student
@kilerk0 crushes in the @nbctitangames and also won the College Grad student Researcher of the Year Award!
Great job, Kara!

Who's in for this?
Think many people would love to hear our thoughts on fasting, autophagy, macros, sauna, mTOR, etc etc in the context of PERFORMANCE and health.
Some overlap, some not.
@joerogan is down. @dasrobbwolf ?

Fatigue during exercise happens because 6 specific places in the body produce insufficient ATP and/or excessive waste.
I bet you can name <3 of these places.
In my new #55MinPhys (Phys of Endurance) I explain what happens in all 6 places, & what you can do about it.
https://youtu.be/OOGPsziWaMo
And no, this is not an hour long video on "energy systems". That's the easy part.
Oh yeah, and get all the rest of these questions answered too.
Link in...

Sunday.
#TatyanaGalpin

By now most people realize VO2max is a massive predictor of mortality.
This is the study most responsible for that.
In 1989, the legendary Dr. Steve Blair found all-cause mortality was ~1/4 as prevalent in fit vs. unfit people (>13k subjects). Be fit, friends. It will save your life.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2795824

In case you haven't figured it out yet, i'm basically putting my entire Exercise Physiology, Strength & Conditioning, and Nutrition Curriculum up on my YouTube page... Today's Video is a #5MinPhys "Metabolism for Performance"
I'll lose countless $$$$$ and time doing it, but, whatever.
You can support my mission via my Patreon or simply helping spread the word.
Link in bio, or go to www.patreon.com/andygalpin ...or just subscribe to my YouTube channel (Andy Galpin). Enjoy. And more coming!

S&C coaches for combat athletes should not just be professional circuit training guides....that's the last thing fighters need.
People who I've interacted with who do this exceptionally well are @jake_bonacci @darustrong @fightshape_ricci @fightcampconditioning @lorenlandow @camacho100 @coachpjnestler @coreybeasley @drcpeacock @lawrenceherrera @coachjaredsaavedra @coachjoeljamieson @bo.sandoval @brandon_pfs to name a few...

New #25MinPhys up on how to program for the various types of endurance.
Link below or in bio, or just Search my name on the Youtube's.
Just subscribe to that channel and you won't miss any of these dope lectures.
Thanks, and do something that makes you tired today. - Andy
https://youtu.be/i70T_oLwPwg
P.s. big ups to @ryanjsolomon for producing these videos. Notice how the production value is like 75672x better now 😉

Extremely happy to announce our study on muscle morphology in ELITE female & male Weightlifters (Olympic) has officially been accepted for publication in PLOS One (meaning it will be free and open access for anyone to read - which was expensive, but worth it in my opinion). This is by far the most extensive study of the muscle of female strength/power athletes ever, and we saw some interesting things indeed.
It should be up in a few weeks and I'll definitely post up details about what we found.
Great job @_nate_serrano_ for leading this project and everyone else who contributed!
@cspfullerton @drjimmybagley @musclephyslab
The project was funded from an incredibly gracious donation from @rpstrength via @rpdrmike & @nick.shaw.rp

Carrots do NOT have “lots of sugar”. This is crazy talk. We need to think better.
A medium size carrot has a whopping 25 calories. I’ll say this again. 25 total calories. In an entire carrot.
So yes, while the biggest component of a carrot is carbohydrates, you’d have to eat an absurd amount for it to matter. You’d have to eat 10 ENTIRE carrots to hit 250 calories; the equivalent of that is 2 tablespoons of CoCo Oil you just poured in your coffee or ~3.5 oz of steak.
I know for a fact I can crush 3.5 oz of steak cooked in 2 tbsp of Coconut butter. Probably 5x that amount of steak. I’ve done that countlesstimes.
I don’t think I’ve ever eaten 10 whole carrots at once in my life, and likely never will.
Let’s make it worse:
That massive 25 kcal carrot (which is 90% water) contains a MASSSSSIVE ~4-6 grams of total carbs, with ~2g of that being fiber and the other ~3-4 g being sugar (sucrose). So tell me again how you don’t eat carrots because of that 3 fucking grams of sugar. 3. That’s ~12 kcal of sugar. Most Kombucha bottleshave ~12-15 grams of sugar, or 4-5x that of a carrot. Utter silliness. Things like Coca-Cola and Scones usually have ~40 grams. You’re really worried about these 3 grams? Bullshit – you’re misinformed.
Because of this, Carrots have a deceivingly high Glycemic Index (~70)….. but the Glycemic LOAD is a paltry 5. Meaning, you’d have to eat something like 1.5 pounds of Carrots to see a noticeable elevation in bloodglucose. Context and details matter.
It’s things like this that drive Dietitians and true Nutrition Pro’s nuts.
Fruits and Vegetables are not our enemies, folks. This stuff only adds to general confusion, which makes people frustrated and lose interestentirely.
Carrots also contain a nice chunk of Vitamin A, carotenoids (beta-carotene & lutein), several B vitamins, vitamin K, and potassium. ***P.S. Nothing at all against fat or steak or CoCo oil, or calories. You’re missing this point if that’s what you think this post was about.